Barnes Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · Sunderland
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
4.017 miles
Published by Sunderland City Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2024 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barnes Infant Academy is a primary school in Sunderland for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Sunderland has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2025 entry.
Barnes Infant Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 4.017 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 4.017 miles away, the 9th longest of 74 Sunderland primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.89 miles).
- The 2025 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2024, the other year with a published outcome.
- In 2026 Reception, there were 65 first-choice applications for 66 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- 11.6% of pupils were eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.7% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Sunderland.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Sunderland schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Mount Road, Barnes, Sunderland, SR4 7QF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–7
- Council
- Sunderland
- Pupils on roll
- 311 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 12 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Barnes Infant Academy are happy, proud and independent.”
- “Pupils want to come to school and be part of the Barnes family.”
- “They seek to live up to the 'Barnes' values, including respect and positive attitudes.”
To improve
- “When there are gaps in pupils' reading, writing or mathematics skills, pupils do not achieve as highly as they could.”
- “However, leaders know that punctuality is an increasing priority for some pupils.”
- “This lateness means that some pupils miss important learning.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 65 first-preference applications, 66 offers in total, 65 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Sunderland.
- Barnes Junior School 0.0 mi School remains Good
- Richard Avenue Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Plains Farm Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Diamond Hall Junior Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Diamond Hall Infant Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Sunderland 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Broadway Junior School 0.8 mi School remains Good